Day in Pictures, May 22, 2013

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By By Mike Moffitt

on May 22, 2013 2:41 PM

Photo: Joshua Lott/AFP/Getty Images

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Hobo kitty rides the rails: Sarah Reich of the University of Illinois Wildlife Medical Center holds an orphaned bobcat kitten, one of two being cared for after they were found on a freight car in Tuscola, Ill. The young cats and their mother apparently had been living in the car in Louisiana, but the mother wasn't aboard when the train left Tuesday. less

Hobo kitty rides the rails: Sarah Reich of the University of Illinois Wildlife Medical Center holds an orphaned bobcat kitten, one of two being cared for after they were found on a freight car in Tuscola, Ill. ... more

Might as well use a flyswatter: A Chilean demonstrator beats an armored police vehicle with a club during clashes near Congress in Valparaiso, where President Sebastian Pinera was delivering his annual message to the nation. less

Might as well use a flyswatter: A Chilean demonstrator beats an armored police vehicle with a club during clashes near Congress in Valparaiso, where President Sebastian Pinera was delivering his annual message ... more

Photo: Claudio Santana, AFP/Getty Images

Might as well use a flyswatter: A Chilean demonstrator beats an... Photo-4668620.63006 - Beaumont Enterprise

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I can't believe you wore your flowered pink hat when you knew I was going to wear my flowered pink hat: Two women discuss floral matters at
the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show in London.

I can't believe you wore your flowered pink hat when you knew I was going to wear my flowered pink hat: Two women discuss floral matters at the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show in London.

Tapir's choice: Baru sniffs a turnip painted the colors of the German soccer club Borussia Dortmund at the zoo in Leipzig, Germany, thus predicting Borussia (BVB) will win the Champions League final May 25 against Bayern Munich at London's Wembley Stadium. less

Tapir's choice: Baru sniffs a turnip painted the colors of the German soccer club Borussia Dortmund at the zoo in Leipzig, Germany, thus predicting Borussia (BVB) will win the Champions League final May 25 ... more

Rush-hour buttinski: With some comforting strokes, Jersey City Police Lt. Kelly Chesler plays good cop with Sky the
escapee goat, who ran amok on New Jersey's Pulaski Skyway, causing a four-car accident and holding up traffic for hours. The
goat, which may have bolted off a truck bound for a slaughterhouse, "kept jumping over the divider and on top of
cars," Jersey City Police Capt. Edgar Martinez reportedly told a radio station. less

Rush-hour buttinski: With some comforting strokes, Jersey City Police Lt. Kelly Chesler plays good cop with Sky the escapee goat, who ran amok on New Jersey's Pulaski Skyway, causing a four-car accident and ... more

Forced to flee: A Sudanese woman stands in front of her shelter and sparse belongings in the new Zam Zam camp for Internally Displaced Persons in North Darfur. Most of the new IDPs arrived recently from Labado and Muhajeria, East Darfur, as a result of clashes between the Sudan Liberation Army and the government of Sudan. less

Forced to flee: A Sudanese woman stands in front of her shelter and sparse belongings in the new Zam Zam camp for Internally Displaced Persons in North Darfur. Most of the new IDPs arrived recently from Labado ... more

Photo: Albert Gonzalez Farran, AFP/Getty Images

Forced to flee: A Sudanese woman stands in front of her shelter... Photo-4668621.63006 - Beaumont Enterprise

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Amid the devastation, a survivor: June Simson holds Sammi and hugs neighbor Jo McGee after finding the cat standing
in the rubble of her destroyed home in Moore, Okla. The monster tornado that hit Moore flattened entire neighborhoods, often leaving nothing but foundations and piles of rubble. less

Amid the devastation, a survivor: June Simson holds Sammi and hugs neighbor Jo McGee after finding the cat standing in the rubble of her destroyed home in Moore, Okla. The monster tornado that hit Moore ... more

Table for two, please: Dogs find the least objectionable place to sit amid the rubble left by a tornado in Moore, Okla. The EF5-strength twister, said to be more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, leveled everything in its 1.3-mile-wide path, killing at least 24 people. less

Table for two, please: Dogs find the least objectionable place to sit amid the rubble left by a tornado in Moore, Okla. The EF5-strength twister, said to be more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, leveled ... more